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The Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary Board of Trustees appointed Randall “Randy” Lee James as the vice president of institutional advancement 12 September. “After learning of our needs for U.S.-based support, Randy agreed to come on board as a volunteer and received APNTS Board of Trustees

More than 100 people were baptized in the North District of Bangladesh in late August. They had given their lives to Christ after watching the JESUS film. During the baptism ceremony, Binoy, one of the 135, publicly testified about his journey toward accepting Jesus as his Savior: “About a year ago,

A workshop training Nazarene leaders and writers was held in Quito, Ecuador, last month. The workshop trained them on how to produce articles, news stories, social media posts, books, and discipleship material. “The workshop provided me new tools that reinforced my development in order to contribute

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received 16-20 September 2019. Glen Curtis, 92, of Beckley, West Virginia, passed away 29 August 2019. He was a retired minister serving in Ohio and West Virginia. He was

When Leniza Soares’ name first appeared on the ballot for superintendent of the Cape Verde District in July, she silently prayed, “God, what are you doing?” In addition to being an ordained pastor for a decade on the Cape Verde District, Soares had also served as the district secretary and on the

When an electrical fire broke out at Pataskala Oaks Care Center, one of the first calls the facility made for help was to Pataskala Church of the Nazarene. The fire started before 8 a.m., and by 8:30 a.m. Holly Melick, the life enrichment coordinator at the care facility, called Pastor Gary Reiss to

Korea Nazarene University celebrated the inauguration of its eighth president, David Kyungsoo Kim, this week with more than 500 attendees. Kim, a professor at Korea Nazarene University, was elected July 29th and succeeds Im Seung-an, who has served in the position since February 2016. Kim earned a

More than 50 young people aged 12 to 17 years old gathered together to learn and be in community at the “Born to Lead” summit for pastors’ children. The summit follows iLEAD, a 2018 youth leadership summit attended by 130 children from Nazarene child development centers. Both events are part of a

Over 40 Nazarene leaders participated in the Nazarene Strengths Institute workshop held on Brazil’s Campinas District in late August. The workshop offered a variety of activities for leaders to learn more about and develop their natural talents. “The Nazarene Strengths workshop was a great blessing

Dios de Gracia Church of the Nazarene held a special service this month to welcome two volunteer missionaries from the Nehemiah Project. The volunteers, Amy Salazar and Jeimy Navarro, will work with the church to strengthen the youth ministry. The Nehemiah Project is an initiative of the Costa Rica